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Chez Moon Running To-Do List: Updated Sept 1

This is a running to-do list, written in April 2012 and including everything accomplished on the house so far since moving in with the 'Rents. The goal is to update it each month, adding new projects and crossing off the old ones, so we have a memoir of all the things we've accomplished. I will make a brand spanking new one every January, carrying over the un-done stuff and leaving behind the finished projects so it doesn't get too cluttered.

* Power wash: Siding, windows, concrete.
* Repaint wheelchair ramp and container bed by front door.
* Clean out gutters. Apparently this was done by the roofers, presumably. Though we should still get up on a ladder and check.

Kitchen:
* Build and install pot rack.
* Reorganize pots and pans drawers.
* Reorganize small appliances.
* Remove chandelier from kitchen nook and replace with ceiling dome.
* Sort through Mum and Pops' food to filter out some of the stuff that just Needs To Go Away Because It's Not Real Food (like "blueberry" muffin mix with blue corn syrup sprinkles, and things of that sort).

Homesteading/Life stuff:
* Sew some more cleaning cloths from old sheets/clothes.
* Sell/donate/put on consignment some old clothes.
* Get Mr. Moon's bike repaired, so we can save on gas driving him to/from work.

Long-term future projects/The Five Year Plan:
* Make a greenhouse for outdoor winter gardening.
* Install grow-light system for "indoor" winter herb garden in garage.
* Repair and re-paint walls in entire house.
* Possibly build up back fence bed into a raised bed.

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